BOOM...!!
With a deafening explosion, Goten and Bulla's combined attack slammed into Super Saiyan Rosé 3 Dark Vegeta with overwhelming force. Dark Vegeta was blasted away like a cannonball, tracing a high arc through the air before crashing heavily to the ground in a miserable heap.
At that moment, a sharp, blood-curdling scream suddenly echoed from afar.
"No... NO!!!"
The sudden cry made both Bulla and Goten tense up. They immediately turned around, trying to figure out what had happened. Looking closely, they were shocked to discover that the previously intact ground had split open, forming a massive crack like the jaws of some monstrous beast. Meanwhile, Monaka Zamasu and Goku Black, whom Bulla had casually thrown onto the ground earlier, had completely vanished.
From that desperate scream alone, it was easy to tell that the voice belonged to Goku Black.
"Heh, looks like I won't have to finish him off myself after all," Bulla curled her lips into a faint smile and muttered to herself.
After saying that, her sharp gaze slowly shifted toward Dark Vegeta, who was now covered in torn and tattered clothing from the explosion.
Dark Vegeta gasped for breath. Every breath seemed to take all the strength he had left. He was already exhausted and could no longer maintain his Super Saiyan Rosé 3 form.
His expression grew dazed. The confidence he once had, the belief that he was the strongest being among all the universes, had completely vanished. Now, he looked like nothing more than a clown being mercilessly mocked by reality. The sharpness that once filled his eyes was gone, replaced by emptiness.
No matter what, he simply couldn't accept the cruel truth before him. Shock and disbelief consumed his heart.
"No... impossible," he muttered under his breath, his voice trembling and broken. "Absolutely impossible..."
He shook his head repeatedly, making one last attempt to convince himself that this was all just a nightmare. Gritting his teeth, Dark Vegeta desperately tried to draw out the power hidden deep within his body once more. A faint glow appeared around him.
But only for an instant. The light vanished as quickly as it had appeared.
Whoosh...!
With a dull sound, his long pink hair began shrinking at a visible rate, while his powerful aura rapidly declined. In the blink of an eye, he fell directly from Super Saiyan Rosé 3 back to his normal state. His signature black hair swayed slightly.
Then, nothing.
Inside Universe 10's Observation Room.
Rumsshi no longer felt like saying anything. Every person Zamasu had brought in had ended up getting humiliated. Every single one.
But at that moment, he noticed something.
Whoosh...!
Turning around, he saw that an unconscious figure had appeared behind him. It was none other than the eliminated Monaka Zamasu. Just looking at the guy irritated Rumsshi, so he quickly looked away.
Then he realized something was wrong. Monaka Zamasu wasn't the only one who had fallen off the arena. Goku Black had fallen as well, yet there had been no announcement saying he was eliminated.
Rumsshi began to feel puzzled. At that moment, out of the corner of his eye, he noticed the confident smile on Zamasu's face.
Swish...!
A brilliant light suddenly shone from the screen. Beneath the enormous fissure in the Forest Module, a figure began to appear and disappear within the glow. Rumsshi finally got a clear look at the person's face.
It was Goku Black, the very same Goku Black who had just fallen off the arena. And at that moment, his body was rapidly ascending back toward the battlefield.
"Damn it! There's no way I'm getting eliminated that easily! Activate Plan B!!"
The Potara Earring Goku Black was wearing had already been switched from his left ear to his right. It was now the exact opposite of Dark Vegeta's Potara Earring.
As for Dark Vegeta, who was still in a dazed state, he had no idea what was happening. Then, in the next instant, his body suddenly began floating into the air. Even he found it strange.
Bulla and Goten were equally confused.
"Big Sis Bulla?! What's going on? How is he flying? Isn't flying prohibited?" Goten asked.
Bulla shook her head. She didn't understand either.
But at that moment, both of them sensed a familiar aura. Simultaneously, they turned toward the direction Dark Vegeta was being pulled. A figure visible to the naked eye was rapidly approaching him. And that figure was none other than Goku Black, who had just fallen out of the arena.
At that moment, Bulla's mind raced. The strange scene unfolding before her felt oddly familiar.
That's right. This is the unique phenomenon that occurs during a Potara Fusion!
"Goten!! Aim at both of them! Use that combo attack again!"
The instant she realized something was wrong, Bulla reacted. Goten wanted to ask questions, but seeing how urgent Bulla sounded, he immediately followed her instructions.
A Kamehameha and a Final Flash merged together once more. The combined blast shot straight toward Goku Black and Dark Vegeta as they were in the middle of a Potara Fusion.
BOOM...!!
A dazzling explosion bloomed like a giant firework. Smoke filled the battlefield.
Looking completely confused, Goten asked, "Big Sis Bulla, what's going on? I don't get it at all! Why did that guy suddenly fly back in from outside the arena?" As he spoke, he pointed toward the figure that had just re-entered the battlefield.
Bulla pressed her lips tightly together and said nothing. Her beautiful eyes were fixed on the spreading cloud of smoke like a hawk stalking its prey.
When she didn't answer, Goten grew even more anxious and was about to ask again. "Th..."
But the rest of his words died in his throat. His sharp senses had suddenly detected a completely unfamiliar aura. It was strange. Complicated. And filled with unsettling fluctuations.
Goten frowned and focused intently on tracing the source of the energy. It didn't take long for him to realize the truth. That unfamiliar aura belonged to the fusion of Goku Black and Dark Vegeta.
Bulla had clearly realized the same thing. She clenched her teeth, her face dark and grim. Then she spoke in an unusually serious tone:
"Goten... this is bad. Things have probably just gotten a lot more troublesome."
(End of This Chapter)
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